Many inner-city youths over the years, were able to proudly wear their identity literally on their chests with brands like FUBU (For US By Us,) Karl Kani, Phat Farm, Sean John or Rocawear; however, many of these brands have recently disappeared from the shelves of many major retailers leaving a void in the urban fashion market.
Once again, without a brand they can identify with readily available for purchase, urban and ghetto youths have been forced to support billionaires that don’t look like them by purchasing garments that command an exuberant price simply because it has the name of a billionaire owned professional sports team’s logo on it or the name of some random guy in Italy neither of whom would be caught dead listening to dancehall, rap, or even hip hop yet have no problems getting richer off a new generation of urban youths who created that culture.
Ironically, that same generation of urban youths would never be allowed to date the children of those “fashion” billionaires or even enter into the same country club as them simply because of how they are dressed.
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With the “Black Lives Matter” movement in the USA, opposition to monarchies in Europe and an anti-Imperialist vibe in Asia and Africa, Millennials are listening to the music that they identify with, watching reality shows that reflect their lifestyle and when given the option, will wear clothing that represents their culture.
This is why it is expected that the Official VK Line brand, based on Vybz Kartel’s Gaza Movement, and communicated through his music, is poised to take over urban fashion globally.
Unlike most of the other successful urban brands that started out as unknown companies born in NYC that utilized mass marketing and public relations to expand outside North America, the Gaza Movement already has pent up demand for Official Vybz Kartel merchandise so it is expected this will be a global brand in a matter of weeks.